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Abandoned to their fate : social policy and practice toward severely retarded people in America, 1820-1920 / Philip M. Ferguson.
Van Pelt Library HV3006.A4 F39 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, Philip M.
- Series:
- Health, society, and policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with mental disabilities--Government policy--United States--History.
- People with mental disabilities.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--United States--History.
- Almshouses--United States--History.
- Almshouses.
- Asylums--United States--History.
- Asylums.
- Rome State Custodial Asylum (N.Y.)--History.
- Rome State Custodial Asylum (N.Y.).
- History.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care.
- People with mental disabilities--Government policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 212 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1994.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1566391547
- OCLC:
- 28336945
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